EPL Attendance Up 4% To Date; Everton Leads Gains With 11% Increase At Home

February 28, 2013

EPL clubs are averaging 35,713 fans per game through Feb. 26, up 4% compared to the same point last season. Everton, which currently sits sixth in the standings, is seeing the league's biggest jump at the gate (+11%). Wigan Athletic, Queens Park Rangers and Sunderland are also seeing strong gains this season to date. Despite Wigan's gains, the club is the only EPL club with home capacity under 75%. Aston Villa, which is currently facing relegation next season, is seeing the sharpest drop among EPL clubs (-2%). Listed below is club-by-club attendance for the EPL to date, with comparisons to the same period last season (THE DAILY).

EPL ATTENDANCE THROUGH FEB. 26

CLUB

GMS

TOTAL

AVG.

% CAP.

PREV.

% +/-

'11-12 GMS

ManU

13

981,708

75,516

99.7%

75,348

0.2%

13

Arsenal

14

841,078

60,077

99.5%

59,945

0.2%

12

Newcastle

14

700,210

50,015

95.4%

48,924

2.2%

12

Manchester City

13

610,805

46,985

99.1%

47,043

-0.1%

12

Liverpool

14

625,660

44,690

98.7%

44,811

-0.3%

12

Chelsea

13

537,940

41,380

99.0%

41,641

-0.6%

12

Sunderland

13

523,913

40,301

82.7%

38,461

4.8%

13

Everton

13

476,099

36,623

92.6%

33,101

10.6%

13

Tottenham Hotspur

13

467,818

35,986

99.2%

36,072

-0.2%

13

West Ham United*

14

485,534

34,681

99.0%

n/a

n/a

n/a

Aston Villa

13

435,760

33,520

78.3%

34,273

-2.2%

13

Southampton*

13

395,551

30,427

93.1%

n/a

n/a

n/a

Stoke City

13

349,193

26,861

96.8%

27,233

-1.4%

12

Norwich City

14

373,464

26,676

98.0%

26,434

0.9%

12

Fulham

14

356,944

25,496

99.2%

25,237

1.0%

13

West Bromwich

14

352,996

25,214

95.3%

24,558

2.7%

12

Reading*

14

334,782

23,913

98.8%

n/a

n/a

n/a

Swansea City

13

264,277

20,329

98.0%

19,930

2.0%

13

Wigan Athletic

13

243,061

18,697

74.4%

17,582

6.3%

12

Queens Park Rangers

14

250,124

17,866

96.9%

16,967

5.3%

12

TOTALS

269

9,606,917

35,713

94.7%

34,318

4.1%

267

NOTES: EPL average for last season includes Blackburn, Bolton and Wolverhampton, who were relegated. * = Played in lower level Championship League last year.